Pyle v. Orzell

Once again we grapple with the knotty problems which afflict people as they continue in the face of all warning evidence to the contrary to hopefully seek to alter important written legal arrangements by word of mouth. This time our problem arises under a written lease of a dance hall known as the Madison Ballroom in the city of Detroit. The lease was for a term from October 9,1953, to October 3,1954, at a rental of $500 for each week end, defined in the lease as Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. The lease gave the tenant the right any time after the start of 1954 to terminate upon giving…